Policy Position

Global Internet Governance

The Internet’s open and decentralized model spurs economic growth, creates local opportunities, and encourages democratic discourse for all users. Its success is rooted in its voluntary and self-governing structure, the result of a multi-stakeholder process free from top-down governmental influences. For this reason, the Internet Association strongly opposes providing the United Nation’s International Telecommunication Union with new authority to regulate the Internet. The Internet Association endorses the successful multi-stakeholder model that exists today and supports efforts to keep the Internet free from government control.

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"Washington, DC – Internet Association Vice President, Federal Government Affairs Michael Bloom issued the following statement on the passage of the Reliable Emergency Alert Distribution Improvement Act of 2018 (READI Act) in the Senate: “The Commerce Committee is right to study ways to modernize how emergency alerts are delivered to Americans. The internet industry commends… Read moretail right